Provide waffle right before I carve up pâté sandwiches (11)
I believe the answer is:
prevaricate
'provide waffle' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'right before i carve up pate sandwiches' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'up' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'sandwiches' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are sandwiched in).
'i'+'carve'='icarve'
'icarve' anagrammed gives 'evaric'.
'r'+'evaric'='revaric'
'revaric' placed within 'pate' is 'PREVARICATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prevaricate that I've seen before include "Beat about the bush" , "Quibble, equivocate" , "Dodge" , "Behave evasively" , "Speak, act evasively" .)